Guitar tuned one half-step down. E flat (D#), A flat (G#), D flat (C#),
G flat (F#), B flat (A#), E flat (D#). For the Cadd9’s, hammer onto the D-string during the verses.
Intro:
|Cadd9|G|D|Em D|
|Cadd9|G|D Em|Cadd9|
Verse 1
G Cadd9
Our Father who art in Heaven hallowed be thy name
Em Cadd9
It was ‘take a knee boys, helmets off’ before every game
G Cadd9
We fought and bled and left it all on that painted piece of ground
Em Dsus
We did it for the glory, we did it for the love, and we did it for that
town
Chorus
Cadd9 G D Em D
Jesus was our salvation; all the pretty girls were our temptation
Cadd9 G D
Bringing home State was the expectation Coach put on us all
Cadd9 G
It was Church by ten, tryin’ to get to heaven
D Em D
Scared of her daddy get her home by eleven
Cadd9 G D
Cleats hit the field, Friday night at seven as summer turned to fall
Cadd9 D Cadd9 G D Em Cadd9
Man I miss when life was God, girls, and football
Verse 2
G Cadd9
Win or lose we’d always cruise to the same old parking lot
Em
It was drinkin’ ‘neath the moonlight, watchin’ out for blue lights,
Cadd9
prayin’ we didn’t get caught,
G Cadd9
And the only thing runnin’ through our head was seein’ how far we could
get
Em Dsus
With that hometown honey we were with; yeah something that sweet you don’t
forget
Chorus
Instrumental (End of 2nd Chorus, similar to Intro)
|Cadd9|G|D|Em D|
|Cadd9|G|D|D|
Bridge
Cadd9
Church house pew
Cadd9
Back seat view
Cadd9
Third-and-two
Final Chorus / Outro
Cadd9 G D Em D
Jesus was our salvation; all the pretty girls were our temptation
Cadd9 G D
Bringing home State was the expectation Coach put on us all
Cadd9 G
It was Church by ten, tryin’ to get to heaven
D Em D
Scared of her daddy get her home by eleven
Cadd9 G D
Cleats hit the field, Friday night at seven as summer turned to fall
Cadd9 D Dsus
Man I miss when life was
Cadd9 D Em Cadd9 G D
Oh, man I miss when life was God, girls, and football
Em D Cadd9 G D Em Cadd9
Just God, girls, and football
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